Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #18,163 of 84,120 nationally
Mifflin West Eviction Risk: Elevated , Madison
Tract 55025001606 · Dane County, WI · pop 8,418 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
55025001606 is a census tract in the Mifflin West area of Madison, WI. It scores 6/10 for landlords. Population here is 8,418. Severe burden reaches 57%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 73%
Stable renters 24%
Owners 3%
Tract context
Occupied units2,177
Renter share97.1%
SVI overall0.41
Poverty rate67.1%
Median income$26,342
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
79
th percentile
High
Within county
90
th percentile
Very High
Within state
100
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Madison and the region
Centroid at 43.0701, -89.3956 · click any tract to drill in
Why Mifflin West scores 6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Madison
8.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.6
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
67.1% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$1,604 rent vs county FMR
5.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Madison
3.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Madison
7.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Madison
5.5
How Mifflin West compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 41
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 53%Socioeconomic
- 1%Household composition
- 41%Racial/ethnic minority
- 94%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 59%Grade C
- 41%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
Eviction filings
Court-record eviction history
Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 203Total filings over 13 yrs
- 1.47%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.7%Peak (2010)
- 12Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 50% over the past 13 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Mifflin West. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
CDC PLACES 2023 · health & economic stress
Eviction-adjacent indicators
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
- 18.2%Housing insecurity
- 11.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 32.0%Food insecurity
- 35.2%SNAP enrollment
- 20.7%Transit barriers
- 12.4%No health insurance
- 28.1%Frequent mental distress
- 38.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Mifflin West
Cost burden runs 76% here against 41.3% across Dane County. Annualized rent equals 73% of average household income of $26,342, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.
The score leans hardest on economic stress at 10/10. The poverty rate is 67%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
This is renter territory: 97% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. SNAP participation runs 35.2% against 15.2% nationally.
Against the Dane County average of 4.2, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.8 points. Food insecurity runs 32.0% against 17.8% nationally.
Running hot, local political climate reads 8/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, regional political climate reads 7.6/10.
The filing record is not thin: 203 evictions over 13 years of observation.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 55025001606
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55025001606?
Census tract 55025001606 in the Mifflin West neighborhood scores 6/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 55025001606?
Median gross rent is $1,604/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 76% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55025001606?
67.1% of residents in tract 55025001606 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 8,418.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55025001606?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 41th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 53th, household 1th, minority 41th, housing 94th.
Q5
Is tract 55025001606 considered part of Mifflin West?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55025001606 fall within Mifflin West (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55025001606?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 203 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55025001606 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.47% of renter households, peaking at 2.7% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 55025001606 struggle to pay rent?
About 18.2% of adults in this tract reported housing insecurity (could not pay rent or mortgage in the past 12 months), per the CDC PLACES 2023 model-based small-area estimate. 11.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 55025001606 compare to Madison overall?
Tract 55025001606 scores 6/10, higher than the parent city of Madison at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Madison eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 55025001606 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 41% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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